Ecuador at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Ecuador at the
2023 Parapan American Games
Ecuador at the; 2023 Parapan American Games
	Flag of Ecuador
IPC code	ECU
NPC	Ecuadorian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org/ecuador
in Santiago, Chile; 17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors	36 in 8 sports
Flag bearers	Jimmy Caicedo; Kiara Rodríguez
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 7 Silver 7 Bronze 5 Total 19
Parapan American Games appearances
	2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; ;

Ecuador competed in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Ecuador's sixth appearance at the Parapan American Games, having first competed in the 2003 edition.

Paralympic athletes Jimmy Caicedo and Kiara Rodríguez were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[1]

Medalists

The following Ecuadorian competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sixto Moreta	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres T13	November 21
Gold	Marco Churuchumbi	Athletics	Men's shot put F40/F41	November 21
Gold	Kiara Rodríguez	Athletics	Women's long jump T47	November 21
Gold	Poleth Méndes	Athletics	Women's shot put F20	November 21
Gold	Jordi Congo	Athletics	Men's shot put F20	November 22
Gold	Kiara Rodríguez	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T47	November 25
Gold	Estefany Lopez	Athletics	Women's discus throw F41	November 25
Silver	Kerly Lascano	Powerlifting	Women's 41 kg	November 18
Silver	Joffre Villavicencio Diana Gonzabay	Archery	Mixed team compound open	November 21
Silver	Grecely Padilla	Athletics	Women's shot put F20	November 21
Silver	Roberto Chala	Athletics	Men's long jump T20	November 22
Silver	Frank Yepez	Athletics	Men's shot put F20	November 22
Silver	Erick Tandazo	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle S9	November 22
Silver	Sixto Moreta	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres T13	November 24
Bronze	Mishelle Oyague	Powerlifting	Women's 61 kg	November 18
Bronze	Angelo Suquillo	Table tennis	Men's individual C11	November 18
Bronze	Bryan Muguicha	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres T46	November 22
Bronze	Joselyn León	Boccia	Women's individual BC2	November 22
Bronze	Marco Churuchumbi	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F41	November 23

Medals by sport/discipline
Sport				Total
Athletics	7	4	2	13
Powerlifting	0	1	1	2
Archery	0	1	0	1
Swimming	0	1	0	1
Boccia	0	0	1	1
Table tennis	0	0	1	1
Total	7	7	5	19

Medals by day
Day				Total
18 November	0	1	2	3
19 November	0	0	0	0
20 November	0	0	0	0
21 November	4	2	0	6
22 November	1	3	2	6
23 November	0	0	1	1
24 November	0	1	0	1
25 November	2	0	0	2
26 November	0	0	0	0
Total	7	7	5	19

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	3	4	3	10
Female	4	2	2	8
Mixed	0	1	0	1
Total	7	7	5	19

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	12	4	16
Boccia	1	2	3
Powerlifting	2	2	4
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	3	0	3
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Wheelchair tennis	3	2	5
Total	24	12	36

Archery

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Joffre Villavicencio	Individual compound open	625	10	Rosario (PUR) W 130–112	Tremblay (CAN) L 126–139	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Diana Gonzabay	Individual compound open	648	4	Bye	Gardner (USA) L 137–138	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Joffre Villavicencio Diana Gonzabay	Team compound open	1273	7	Costa Rica W 147–143	Colombia W 163–160	United States L 143–148

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anthony Rojas	100 m T35	13.52	4 q	13.53	8
Anthony Rojas	200 m T35	28.01	5 q	27.49	6
Anderson Colorado	400 m T20	49.74	2 Q	48.46	4
Steven Arboleda	400 m T47	—		DNS
Jimmy Caicedo	1500 m T11	4:26.94	2 Q	DSQ
Sixto Moreta	1500 m T13	—		4:02.95
Juan Gabriel Pugo	1500 m T20	—		4:17.31	6
Bryan Muguicha	1500 m T46	—		4:16.67
Jimmy Caicedo	5000 m T11	—		16:18.97	4
Sixto Moreta	5000 m T13	—		15:30.41

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Alex Chala	Long jump T20	6.89	4
Roberto Chala	Long jump T20	7.08
Jordi Congo	Shot put F20	15.52
Frank Yepez	Shot put F20	14.20
Marco Churuchumbi	Shot put F40/F41	9.42
Marco Churuchumbi	Javelin throw F41	29.92

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kiara Rodríguez	100 m T47	12.10	1 Q	11.96

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Kiara Rodríguez	Long jump T47	5.94
Poleth Méndes	Shot put F20	13.91
Grecely Padilla	Shot put F20	12.05
Estefany Lopez	Shot put F40/F41	7.81	4
Estefany Lopez	Discus throw F41	28.25

Boccia

Men

Athlete	Event	Pool matches			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jorge Delgado	Individual BC2	Cristaldo (ARG) L 1–7	Allard (CAN) L 1–11	3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dayana Quiroz	Individual BC1	Oliveira (BRA) L 1–13	Desilva-Andrade (BER) L 2–5	Flores (ARG) L 0–7	4	—		4
Joselyn León	Individual BC2	Lynch (USA) W 4–2	Duarte (ESA) L 2–7	—	2 Q	Martínez (MEX) L 3–4	Bronze medal final Collins (CAN) W 3–2

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Pool matches			Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jorge Delgado Joselyn León Dayana Quiroz	Team BC1–BC2	Brazil L 4–17	Canada L 1–11	3	Did not advance

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Jonathan Echeverría	–54 kg	146	5
Steven Cruz Mendes	–97 kg	145	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Kerly Lascano	–41 kg	100
Mishelle Oyague	–61 kg	88

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jonathan Echeverría Steven Cruz Mendes Kerly Lascano	Team	272.7	4	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erick Tandazo	50 m freestyle S9	28.13	6 Q	28.24	6
	400 m freestyle S9	4:41.11	2 Q	4:35.08
	100 m backstroke S9	1:15.09	8 Q	1:12.80	7
	100 m butterfly S9	1:07.78	7 Q	1:07.00	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mayte Ortega	400 m freestyle S9	6:00.62	9	Did not advance
Mayte Ortega	100 m butterfly S9	—		1:32.49	8

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paul Polo	Singles C8	Roman (CRC) L 0–3	Preza (MEX) W 3–1	—	2 Q	—	Mashki (BRA) L 1–3	Did not advance
Diego Sarmiento	Singles C9	Watson (USA) L 0–3	Rivera (PUR) L 0–3	Syed (CAN) L 0–3	4	Did not advance
Angelo Suquillo	Singles C11	Simões (BRA) L 0–3	Vazquez (MEX) W 3–1	—	2 Q	—		Martinez (VEN) L 0–3	Did not advance
Paul Polo Diego Sarmiento	Doubles C18	—				Massad / Manara (BRA) L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jordy Espinoza	−58 kg	Andrade (VEN) L 5–36	Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Francisco Beltrán	Singles	Sánchez (COL) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Eduardo Manzano	Singles	Girón (GUA) W 6–1, 6–0	Gil (CRC) L 4–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Francisco Beltrán Eduardo Manzano	Doubles	—	Henderson / Venos (CAN) L 0–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carolina Lasso	Singles	Cabrillana (CHI) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Alexandra Meza	Singles	Fuentes (CHI) W 6–4, 7–5	Mathewson (USA) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Carolina Lasso Alexandra Meza	Doubles	—	Alves / Duval (BRA) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance

Quad

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Edison Molina	Singles	McIntyre (CAN) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance

References

^ "Inauguración Parapanamericanos: estos son los abanderados de los 31 países participantes". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Santiago 2023. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

[1] "Inauguración Parapanamericanos: estos son los abanderados de los 31 países participantes". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Santiago 2023. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

[1]